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Graduate student receives Alberta Innovates (Tech Futures) award of $26K.

MSc biological sciences student, Dilini Abeyrama, receives an Alberta Innovates (Tech Futures) award of $26k for one year to study the Atlantic and Indian yellow-nosed albatrosses.

Faculty of Arts & Science 2 min read

Graduate Student Profile: Benjamin Dosu Jnr, PhD

Benjamin hopes his study will be the first steps towards improving water security for marginalized communities.

School of Graduate Studies 1 min read

Ulethbridge students participate in 2020 ICPC North America Championship, the first competition of its kind in North America.

Faculty of Arts & Science 2 min read

Graduate Student Profile: Harley Morman, PhD

Harley is a visual artist who blends his artistic talent with his interest in contemporary art, material culture, and trans studies.

School of Graduate Studies 2 min read

Research Highlight: Dr. Mark Walton

Can theories of the microscopic be reconciled with our everyday, macroscopic world?

Research & Creative Activity 2 min read

Research Highlight: Dr. Amy Shaw

What happens when Canadian citizens finally meet their fabled ‘enemy’?

Research & Creative Activity 1 min read

Alumnus Receives Praise for New Book

Robert Morrison (BASc (BA) '83) combines his passion for research and literature into his new book, The Regency Years, which was recently recognized by critics across Canada.

Alumni 2 min read

Employee Spotlight: Dr. Kristine Alexander | Associate Professor of History, Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Child and Youth Studies

For Kristine, the best part of her job is interacting with students!

Faculty & Staff 2 min read

List of Canada’s Most Powerful Women Recognizes Alumna

Women’s Executive Network (WXN) recently named alumna Tevi Legge (BA/BMgt ’08) on their list of Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100.

Alumni 2 min read

Marathon of Afghanistan Documentary has uLethbridge Connection

As the co-director and producer of the documentary The Secret Marathon, alumna Kate McKenzie (BA/BEd ’07) trained and travelled to Afghanistan to not only run her first marathon, but to also share the stories of the courageous women who are fighting for gender equality through sport.

Alumni 3 min read

Shining Student | Madeline Szabo

As a hammer thrower with uLethbridge’s Pronghorns track and field team, Madeline Szabo is used hauling heavy weights. But thanks to the various scholarships she’s received since coming to uLethbridge, financing her education is one burden she doesn’t have to carry.

Shining Students 1 min read

Mitacs Award Winner Takes Studies Overseas to Italy

Austin Kothig was awarded the Mitacs Globalink Research Award through collaboration between uLethbridge neuroscience professor, Dr. Matthew Tata, and Dr. Francesco Rea from the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Genoa, Italy.

Faculty of Arts & Science 3 min read

Diverse Skill Set Aids Geography Graduate Banting in Professional Career

For geography alumnus James Banting (BSc ’09, MSc ’16), the University of Lethbridge was the environment he needed to discover his passion. He started with general science, looked at political science and finally settled on geography.

Faculty of Arts & Science 2 min read

Graduate Student Profile: Elani Bykowski, MSc

Elani Bykowski searches for more efficient and cost-effective ways of diagnosing brain and spinal cord injury

School of Graduate Studies 1 min read

Shining Student | Sarah Orban - Kinesiology/Psychology

As a talented student athlete with Olympic aspirations in track cycling, this week's Shining Student knows the importance of keeping her balance. Meet Sarah!

Pronghorn Athletics 1 min read

Graduate student spotlight: Anna Kovalchuk (MSc)

How can neuroscience help chemotheraphy patients? It’s a question graduate student Anna Kovalchuk (BSc ’14) is seeking to answer. At the U of L, Anna is working alongside some of the world’

School of Graduate Studies 2 min read

Graduate student spotlight: Auburn Phillips (MA)

Auburn Phillips was looking for something different in a graduate program. She found it at the U of L. Given the opportunity to have your student experience defined for you or to have

School of Graduate Studies 1 min read

Employee Spotlight: Dr. Trushar Patel

Science took Patel, faculty member in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, from a small village in India to uLethbridge, with stops in England and Manitoba along the way.

Faculty & Staff 2 min read

Graduate Student Profile: Clifford Donovan, MSc

Artificial neural networks and deep learning are helping Clifford understand how addiction functions within the brain.

School of Graduate Studies 2 min read

Employee Spotlight: Dr. Laura Keffer-Wilkes (MSc '12, PhD '16)

Dr. Laura Keffer-Wilkes has worn plenty of hats during her time at the U of L, including being one of the founders of Spooky Science.

Faculty & Staff 2 min read

Graduate student spotlight: Ian Veenendaal (PhD)

> “Dr. David Naylor, my supervisor, always says a space mission is the making of a career. As soon as I’m done my PhD, space agencies will be looking for people with

School of Graduate Studies 1 min read

Creating a Brighter Future for Elementary School Students

Working with a local elementary school, uLethbridge alumna and neuroscience researcher Dr. Robbin Gibb is taking leading brain research right into the classroom.

Research & Creative Activity 1 min read

Lighting the Way in Alzheimer's Research

Researchers the U of L's CCBN and Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry are working together to shine new light on Alzheimer's disease.

Research & Creative Activity 1 min read

Scholarship Honours Dua's Passion for Learning and Knowledge

Long before Dr. Bhagwan Dua ever ventured to the unknown prairies of southern Alberta, he was a young man in New Delhi, a teenager who hadn’t completed high school. His older brother ignited a spark that would change his life’s course and create an insatiable love for learning.

Scholarships 3 min read

Graduate student spotlight: Jillian King (MA)

Why are some parents saying no to vaccinations? It wasn’t until she took an undergraduate anthropology course at the University of Lethbridge that Jillian King (BASc ’12) discovered she had an interest

School of Graduate Studies 1 min read
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